Discounts and Coupons

My daughter Laurie has a new blog designed to save us all some money.  She has been doing a lot of web searching for discounts on personal and household products as well as freebies .  Check out her new blog http://frugalmichiganmom.blogspot.com/.  She has already listed many printable coupons and offers that will help you save money.  Many of the offers that she is sharing would make perfect Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers.

Goodwill Hunting

Today I stopped in to a Goodwill Store on my way to visit my mother.  I have been searching for wool fabric that I can use in my crafting.  Well, wool is not easy to find here in Florida and I was out of luck on this stop. 

Just as I was about to leave the store empty-handed, I caught a glimpse of an old plastic sewing box sitting high up on a corner shelf.  I pulled it down and peeked inside and noticed it had old sewing supplies such as threads, needles, small scissors, and bags of beads and sequins.  It was marked $9.99, more than I would typically spend on a Goodwill purchase, but I bought it anyway.  When I got home and opened the box, I found it held much more than that.  Included was a piece of fabric rolled and tied.  It was filled with every size of knitting needle.  I also found three vintage circular knitting needles, sewing needles, trims, and many spools of thread.  The thread alone would cost me more than $10.00 if I was to purchase it new.  I include a lot of my vintage finds when making my primitive dolls.  Let's see what I can incorporate into my next doll creation.

Something old is now somthing new

Where have I been?  It's been a while since I posted.   We took our vacation in September.  We had a great time on our Caribbean cruise, then took a road trip to St. Augustine, Florida. 

I guess I needed a little kick-start in the inspiration department. I have been making these little primitive cutter quilt pillows for the past couple of weeks.  Finally have them listed on Etsy.

I also started making onesie outfits for babies.  These are the cutest little things.  I made ruffled diaper covers and trimmed the onesies with a matching applique.  These will be added to Etsy this weekend also.

The ruffles are on the back side only.

My First E-pattern

Today I decided to try my hand at making my first e-pattern.  I had already made up a few plastic bag holders and thought it would be easy enough to make up this pattern on my computer.  I charted a counted cross stitch pattern which I included.  The pattern is now listed for sale on my Etsy shop. 

I will be listing some of the finished bag holders soon.

If anyone is interested in purchasing the pattern, click here or go to my Etsy Shop link on the sidebar.

My New Etsy Store

I'm taking a little break from dollmaking and thought I would try something different.

I've been sewing all weekend and will be listing aprons for sale.  I just finished making a woman's recycled blue jeans apron.  I love the way it turned out. 



I have three more aprons finished and will be listing these for sale also at my new Etsy store which I named "Pine Island Creations".

Click here to view my listings.